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His death was confirmed to BuzzFeed News by a spokesperson with the Santa Clara Medical Examiner's Office in San Jose (The spokesperson listed his age at 71, but it appears elsewhere online at 72). "Sad to hear of John Heard's passing", wrote actor Elijah Wood - who worked as a young boy with Heard in 1992's Radio Flyer . Which movie do you remember John Heard from? In 1990, Heard took on the iconic role of forgetful dad Peter McCallister in Home Alone , a character ...

McDonald's said sales were also strong in Britain, Canada, Germany and China. In the US, Q2 comparable sales gained 3.9%, while International Lead segment comps rose 6.3%. In the USA, the new range of more expensive burgers helped McDonald's shares hit a record high this month, CNBC reports. Comparable sales for the International Lead segment increased 6.3% for the quarter, led by continued momentum in the United Kingdom, strong performance in Canada and Germany and positive results ...

A further 860 hectares has been ravaged by a blaze in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region. The area is also being searched to check for any homes which may have been affected. Unusually hot, dry and windy regional weather has worsened fire conditions, BBC News reported. She said that of the 600 firefighters battling the blaze, 180 had been mobilised to stop houses being destroyed in Mirabeau.

Lyft and Taco Bell are partnering up on a "ride-thru" experience for the ride-share company's passengers. Lyft even posted a tweet last October for National Taco Day recognizing what its driver have been doing. The service is beginning as an experiment Thursday in Orange County, California, but is expected to expand nationally in 2018. Pacific Time, when passengers can choose Taco Mode in their Lyft app options.

United States retailer Michael Kors is set to buy luxury fashion house Jimmy Choo in a deal valued at £ 896 million ($1.2 billion approx). Shareholders in Jimmy Choo will get 2.3 pounds in cash for each share, about 36.5 percent above the firm's share price of 1.685 pounds on April 21.

The value of the position overall is down by 50.5%. FMR LLC boosted its stake in shares of Barnes & Noble Education by 0.6% in the fourth quarter. The value of the investment in ( BKS ) went from $182,000 to $90,000 a change of 50.5% quarter to quarter.

German automaker BMW says it will manufacture the electric version of its Mini compacts at its factory in Oxford , England. The electric Mini is long overdue. It now produces electrified models at ten plants worldwide. "It is fantastic news and is in no small part down to the tremendous skills and efficiency of BMW's United Kingdom workers and our members".

The company took three significant one-time charges in the quarter: $460 million for the restructuring of its worldwide operations; $114 million for the ignition switch recall; and $80 million for the deconsolidation of its Venezuelan operations.

Mikkelson and the shareholder blocked Proper Media from access to "personnel, accounts, tools, and data necessary to manage Snopes ", according to the complaint . "As misinformation has increasingly threatened democracies around the world (including our own), Snopes .com has stood in the forefront of fighting for truth and dispelling misinformation online", Snopes staff wrote on a special web page setup to fundraise for the failing fact-check site.